Kaye-Smith, Sheila (1887–1956)

English novelist. She achieved success with Sussex Gorse 1916; other novels include Joanna Godden 1921, Shepherds in Sackcloth 1930, Ember Lane 1940, and The Lardners and the Laurelwoods 1948. Joanna Godden Married 1926 is a collection of short stories.

She was born in St Leonards-on-Sea and was educated privately. In 1924 she married T Penrose Fry, a rector at St Leonards, and in 1929 both were converted to Roman Catholicism. The Tramping Methodist 1908 was her first novel, followed 1909 by Starbrace.